i n d e x 323
navigation lights (Cont.):
sectoring concept, 135 – 36 , 139–40
towing vessels, 140–42, 141
Navigation Rules for International and U.S.
Inland Waters, 133
demarcation lines, 142
impeding traffic, 201
Lights and Shapes, 139, 140
lookout, 146–47
scanty information, 148
sound signals, 144–46
speed, 147
navigation tools, 26–27, 126
navigator’s log, 48–49
neap tides, 99
nighttime boating
crew safety and, 278– 79
navigation, 126–28
nimbostratus clouds, 254
nominal range, 17, 292
Notices to Mariners (NM), 20
N.O.W. conditions, 278– 79
nylon composite thimbles, 233
obstructions, underwater, 10–11
ocean current, 115– 17
offshore boating
charts for, 18, 35, 36
crew safety and, 278– 79
prioritizing piloting information, 77
weather information resources, 256–57
oil and filter, 158, 159
One-Minute Guide to the Nautical Rules of the
Road (Wing), 133
oscillation test, 58
outhaul, 189–90
overboard recovery procedures, 273–78, 274 , 275
oversteering, 184
overtaking vessels, 133
collision avoidance, 140, 143
sectoring concept, 135 – 36
wake control, 170
paper charts, 19, 20
parallel rulers, 27
parallels, 27, 31
pencil zincs, 163
personal flotation devices (PFDs), 174,
278–79, 288 –89
personal locator beacons (PLBs), 279
pier (bridge), 121
piloting, 75
danger bearings, 84– 86 , 128–30, 129
depth contour lines, 87– 88
distance ahead (DA), 87
distance off (DO), 79, 87, 88–90
by electronics, 76–77
by eye, 75, 76
landfall, calculating timing of, 77– 80
longshore, 83–84
prioritizing information, 77
ranges, 13 , 46, 80–81, 128
piloting (Cont.):
running fix, 81– 83
set of boat and, 76
by visual bearings, 75–76
pinch, 190
pitching, 309
pitchpole, 172
pivot point, 206
planing vessels, wake control for, 169–70
plastic thimbles, 233
plotting compass, 27
plow anchors, 228 – 29
plug for seacocks, 182, 282
portlights, 174
port tack, 143
position fixes, 73, 74
powerline and cable height measurements, 6–8
power vessels
antenna and instrument height
measurement, 7–8
crew overboard procedures, 274 –75, 276–78
leeway, 117–18
lightning protection system, 262
lights, 139
logbooks, 48–49
navigation lights, 139, 140–42, 141
rolling, 308–9
Practical Mariner’s Book of Knowledge (Vigor), 308
preventer, 184, 198–99
print-on-demand charts, 19, 20
propane stoves and ovens, 272–73
propellers
prop walk, 204–5, 207–8, 210
rotation direction, 204, 205, 207, 208
protractors, 27
provisions, loading and distributing, 309–11
RACON (radar beacon), 12
radar
adjusting, 67–68
collision avoidance and, 146–47, 148
controls, 67
danger ranges, 85– 86
electronic bearing line (EBL), 147, 149
fixed range rings, 149
head-up display, 149
motionless contacts, 137–38
north-up display, 149
piloting by, 76–77
range and height of antenna, 294–95
reliability of, 137
scope plotting, 148–52, 151
target reflectivity, 69
use of, 67
variable range marker (VRM), 147, 149, 150
radar beacon (RACON), 12
radar reflectors, 69
radiator pressure cap, 157
radios. See VHF radio
rain clutter, 67, 68
range of tides, 99, 100
ranges, 13 , 46, 80–81, 128